Psychiatry movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychiatry movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, serious, suspense, psychological thriller and inspirational films and TV shows about / with psychiatry, mental illness, psychology, mental health, psychiatrist, illness, mental disorder, psychopath, trauma and mental institution plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychiatry: Side Effects (2013), A Dangerous Method (2011), Girl, Interrupted (1999), The Mad Women's Ball (2021), Shutter Island (2010), Hannibal (2013), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Girl on the Train (2016), Spider (2002), Manic (2001).

List of psychiatry movies

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 7.1
 197K
Side Effects (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, clever ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: mental illness, psychiatrist, depression, murder, patient, sleepwalking, deception, twists and turns, mental institution, life turned upside down, psychiatry, doctor ...
Time: year 2013, future, 2010s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, intellectual, sexy, period piece ...
Plot: mental illness, psychiatrist, psychoanalysis, psychology, historical character, introspection, psychologist, mentally unstable, insanity, sexual perversion, biopic, sexuality ...
Time: 1900s, 19th century, edwardian era, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place: zurich switzerland, switzerland, europe, vienna, central europe ...
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Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style: psychological, depressing, serious, crying, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, coming of age, suicide, insanity, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder, female protagonist, psychiatric ward, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s
Place: usa
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The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, at the end of the 19th century, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, inspirational
Plot: psychiatry, psychological manipulation, rape, mental illness, mental institution, neurology, self sacrifice, medical malpractice, brother sister relationship, father daughter estrangement, female nudity, dead sister ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: france, paris france
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 8.2
 1.4M
Shutter Island (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental disorder, psychiatrist, schizophrenia, mental institution ...
Time: 1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: boston, persia, iran, america
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 8.5
 274K
Hannibal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1680 min.
TV show
Story: Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, death, murder, psychiatrist, mental patient, graphic violence, fbi, mental health ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, dramatic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, fighting the system, human spirit, insanity, freedom, psychiatrist, unlikely friendships, psychopath, society, nurse, escaped mental patient ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style: psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, scientist, mathematician, imaginary friend, nobel prize, obsession, prodigy ...
Time: year 2001, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, 2000s ...
Place: boston, harvard university, new jersey, persia, detroit ...
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The Girl on the Train (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style: suspense, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: train, infidelity, murder mystery, obsession, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, whodunit, alcoholic, ex husband ex wife relationship, investigation, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, america, usa
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 6.8
 41K
Spider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style: psychological, surreal, disturbing, bleak, offbeat ...
Plot: mental illness, schizophrenia, childhood trauma, haunted by the past, paranoia, misfit, insanity, psychopath, mental patient, murder, twists and turns, surrealism ...
Time: 2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, britain, africa ...
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 7.2
 10K
Manic (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style: psychological, independent film, disturbing, compassionate, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, depression, addiction, juvenile delinquency, psychiatry, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family, youth, mental health ...
Time: year 2001
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 7.6
 2K
Wakefield (2021)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 444 min.
TV show
Story: Nikhil Katira is a psychiatric nurse working at Wakefield, a facility perched on the edge of Australia's spectacular Blue Mountains. There's one problem - while his patients are getting better, he's getting worse.
Style: tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, interesting
Plot: mental institution, medical, psychiatric ward, psychiatry, psychiatrist, insanity, doctor patient relationship, self discovery, introspection, doctors and patients, insane, physician ...
Place: oceania
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 3K
Jimmy P. (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins ...
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, suspenseful, intellectual ...
Plot: psychoanalysis, friendship, hospital, doctors and patients, psychiatry, psychologist, soldier, psychiatrist, memory, cognitive science, trauma, therapist ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1948, year 1945
Place: kansas, usa, new york, seattle, brooklyn new york city ...
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 8.0
 845K
Donnie Darko (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style: psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, time travel, psychology, imaginary friend, insanity, schizophrenia, parallel universe, surrealism, suburbs, time loop, social misfits, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place: virginia, america, los angeles, usa
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The Prince of Tides (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Style: psychological, touching, emotional, sad, therapeutic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, psychiatrist, psychiatry, love, haunted by the past, rape, sexual abuse, women, memory, suicide attempt, love story, transformation ...
Time: 90s
Place: south carolina, new york, usa, southern usa
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 7.4
 192K
K-PAX (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Style: psychological, touching, cerebral, sentimental, surprise ending ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: alien, mental institution, patient, planet, extraterrestrial, mysterious character, hypnosis, space and aliens, mental illness, psychiatrist, science, investigation ...
Time: future, year 2001, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, persia, new york, greenland, newfoundland ...
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 7.8
 157K
Awakenings (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, sentimental, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, hospital, illness, doctors and patients, medical, psychiatry, fighting illness, hopes, medicine, disability, patient ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place: america, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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 8.0
 543K
Rain Man (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style: road movie, sincere, uplifting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: autism, road trip, redemption, disability, runaway, brother brother relationship, mentally challenged, siblings relations, family relations, casino, mental illness, mathematics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place: las vegas, california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, missouri ...
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 8.0
 819K
Black Swan (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style: psychological, suspense, cerebral, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, insanity, dancing, character study, surrealism, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, paranoia, showbiz ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style: romantic, touching, offbeat, depressing, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: mental illness, bipolar disorder, love, family drama, depression, life philosophy, adaptation, supportive parent, male female friendship, father son relationship, happy ending, social misfits ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, peru, america ...
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The Fisher King (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Style: psychological, touching, compassionate, inspirational, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: self discovery, friendship, insanity, mental illness, redemption, transformation, homelessness, holy grail, tragic event, radio, guilty conscience, medical ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style: non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, first sexual experience, female rapist, zoophilia, family relations, split personality, train travel, pedophilia, soldier, child abuse, false identity, mental institution ...
Time: 90s
Place: kosovo, madrid, paris france
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 8.0
 644K
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style: psychological, surreal, twist ending, non-linear, atmospheric ...
Plot: time travel, insanity, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, virus, time loop, post apocalypse, paranoia, psychology, end of the world, twists and turns, epidemic ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, distant future ...
Place: philadelphia, maryland, baltimore, usa, pennsylvania ...
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Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Style: twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, twists and turns, insanity, mental patient, psychiatrist, plot twist, madhouse, doctor, doctors and patients, macabre, conspiracy ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1900
Place: england, britain, usa, tuscany
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Fog in August (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A Roma boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the ...
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, psychiatry, mental institution, danger, violence, child, psychological manipulation, courage, culture clash, sabotage, traumatic childhood ...
Place: germany
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 6.2
 48K
Dark Places (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: stripper, serial killer, investigation, murder, murder of family, farm, private investigator, psychiatry, justice, brutality, police investigation, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 2015, year 1985, year 1999, 80s, year 1968 ...
Place: kansas, chicago, ireland, missouri, texas ...
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The Good Neighbor (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.
Style: twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, stylized, sad ...
Plot: found footage, hidden camera, prank, bullying, revenge, neighbor, lawyer, home invasion, twists and turns, old man, obsession, suicide ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
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 7.3
 184
Soul Mechanic (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: How do you deal with anger? Where does happiness actually come from? These questions are at the heart of Fix You, a touching drama about a quirky psychiatrist on a mission to help people heal, and a rising star whose emotional wounds run deep. Lee ...
Style: psychological, emotional, sincere, humorous, captivating
Plot: psychiatrist, mental health, psychiatry, healing, doctor patient relationship, hospital, doctor, psychiatric patient, emotional manipulation, doctors and patients, medical
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What About Bob? (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin ...
Style: funny, light, witty, not serious, psychological ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: mental illness, psychiatrist, vacation, therapy, obsession, yuppie, mother daughter relationship, phobia, family vacation, psychology, sarcasm, psychiatry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new hampshire, usa
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Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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